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No. 650,956. v Patented lunB 5, i900.

J. A. SCRIVEN.

GARMENT GUSSET.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JEREMIAH A. SORIVEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-GUSSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 650,9 6, at d 11 6 1 00.

Application filed October 20, 1899. -Serial No. 734,183. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH A. ScEIvEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments,of which the followingisaspecification.

My invention relates to garments, and will be described especially with reference to drawers, as the said invention is particularly applicable to drawers; but it will be understood that in so doing I do not mean to thereby limit myself to the application of my invention to drawers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a pair of drawers in which my invention is embodied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of another pair of drawers in which my invention is embodied, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail View of a pair of drawers shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, a is the band or body portion, and b the leg or. tubular members of the drawers. This body portion and the tubular members are preferably made of woven fabric, although the same may be made of knitted fabric without departing from the spirit of my invention. In the present specification I shall refer to these parts as inelastic and to the insertions as elastic, but it will be understood that these terms are relative merely and the parts a and b have the elasticity inherent therein and that the elastic insertions are of greater elasticity than the parts a and Z).

c dare elastic insertions. These elastic insertions are in the form of strips, each strip being preferably integral; but each strip may be made of several sections, if desired, so long as they are continuous. These continuous elastic strip-insertions c d are shown in the present instance as having their wales or ribs running longitudinally thereof. The strips 0 d are inserted in the leg portions of the garment, cross at the crotch, and extend upward into the body portion. In the garment shown in Figs. 1 and 3 these continuous elastic strip insertions extend across the tubular members b diagonally and cross each other in the crotch of the garment, the wales or ribs of one strip at the place of crossing running at an angle to the wales or ribs of the other strip, the wales or ribs of each strip likewise running at an angle to the lateral and longitudinal lines y y :0 cc of the garment, which represent the lines along which the maximum strains occur, thereby obtaining a crotch insertion of a highly-elastic character along the lines upon which the maximum strains of the garment normally occur. In the construc tion shown in Fig. 2 these strips cross each other at the crotch in the same manner in the front of the garment and form the lower edge of the fiy-opening therein, whereby great elasticity is obtained at this point. The edges of the said strips are secured together at the crossing-point, so that in the field of the crossing each strip acts as a limiting-strip for the other, so as to neutralize the elasticity of the strips on lines running longitudinally and transversely of the said strips, whereas the crossing of the wales or ribs in the manner shown permits the greatest elasticity in the field of the crossing along the lines 00 x and y 3 which run diagonally of the strips, but laterally and longitudinally of the garment.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. A nether garment having legs I) of inelastic material and continuous elastic insertion-strips 0, cl, in the legs extending diagonally thereof, and adapted to stretch laterally, the said strips crossing each other at the crotch of the garment, the edges of each strip being secured to the other strip at the crossing-point of the strips thus neutralizing the elasticity of each of the strips within the field of the crossing on the longitudinal and transverse lines of the strips, the said strips having wales crossing each other at such an angle as to afford over the field of the crossing great elasticity on lines x to, y y, laterally and longitudinally of the garment, the said inserts also extending in divergent paths upward to the band a of the garment.

2. A garment having inelastic members and continuous elastic strip-insertions running diagonally of the garment and crossing each other at the crotch thereof,,the edges of each strip being secured to the other strip at the crossing-point of the strips so as to nenlongitudinal and lateral lines of strain was y y tralize the elasticity of the strips in the field of the garment. of the crossing on lines running laterally and longitudinally of the strips, the Wales or ribs 5 of each elastic strip running at the place of Witnesses:

crossing at an angle to the wales 0r ribs of GEO. E. MORSE, the other elastic strip and at an angle to the MAURICE BLOCH.

JEREMIAH A. SCRIVEN. 

